December 1, 2011

Have fun with these hidden Ice Cream Sandwich features [VIDEO]

Without a doubt there’s more than meets the eye in the latest version
of Android Ice Cream Sandwich, which is due to hit a handful of
smartphones in the coming months.
Except the code optimizations and plethora of new features, below the
creamy surface of Android 4.0 Google developers have had some fun.
What’s more, they want you to have fun, too!
What the Android dev team did is add a screensaver, which displays the
icons of all your applications flying towards you in a Star Wars-like
manner.
The new screensaver feature is called “Dreams” and to activate it you
have to dig a bit deeper in the OS itself, but it’s not impossible as
the video will demonstrate below. All you need is the homescreen
replacement app LauncherPro and a minute of free time. The flying icons
are not only kind of cool, but you tap on one, the corresponding
application launches.

However, the fun doesn’t stop here. Another kind of fun joke and an
Easter egg of some sort is the next video, found again on Ice Cream
Sandwich. It’s called Nyan Droid and it needs no further explanation.
Check it out.